AMEN to that! I only wished that there were more “Conservatives” who could understand that without the Federal Reserve the Progressive/Socialist Left would NEVER have a leg to stand on because the immediate pain of much higher taxes (vs simply being able to borrow from the Central Planners’ Printing machine) would expose the lunacy of their “special programs” and spending. Repealing the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 would be the SINGLE biggest event in American history since WWII. There would be NO Obamacare, Big Government, etc....if the the only way to pay for things were through actual taxation! The taxes today are simply to SERVICE that debt! Kinda like being able to only pay the minimum payment on your maxed out credit card!!
Even if the Fed was "independent" at one time, it was always owned by Wall Street and protected their interests. Now it has a very overt political role - it is the foundation of the leftist, progressive nanny state, as you point out. Beyond this though - I personally believe our corrupted money supply goes further, and effects many social issues as well. We agree that the Fed supports the massive nanny state - but this means the massive nanny state also supports many activists, movements and programs in abortion, immigration, environmentalism, etc...
Our corrupted and captured money supply therefore is the cause of most social problems/issues that conservatives fight against. This is something conservatives can't seem to grasp.